Maria Roettger to lead Michelin Europe North

FRANKFURT, Germany—Maria Roettger will become the first woman worldwide to take on the lead role of president and CEO of one of Michelin's regions.

Michelin named Roettger as president and CEO of Michelin Europe North, effective June 1. She will succeed Anish Taneja, who has decided to move on to a new role outside the French mobility group, the manufacturer said in a May 3 news release.

Roettger was previously vice president chief administrative officer in the region's management team and responsible for human resources, legal matters, quality, IT, procurement and industry. She joined Michelin in January 2020 from Danone, a French food company, where she held senior roles in HR and was involved I the transformation of many parts of the company.

Region Europe North is the third largest of Michelin's 10 global regions, which were defined under the group's 2018 restructuring.

Michelin linked the appointment to its diversity strategy, which aims for women to make up 35 percent of its management team by 2030. Four of the 11 board members of the Region Europe North are women.

Headquartered in Frankfurt, Region Europe North encompasses Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

Michelin employs about 7,000 people in Europe North, around 5,900 of whom work in production and logistics, with the other 1,100 in the central, sales and marketing departments.

"In recent years, we have done a great deal of work under the leadership of Anish Taneja to achieve sustainable growth and stay competitive," said Roettger.

"Together, our staff, my colleagues in the management team and I will continue to pursue this transformation, reinforce Michelin's technology leadership in our region," she added.

Taneja joined Michelin in 2013 and has served as president and CEO of the Europe North region for the past four years.

Taneja has also been serving as the president of German rubber industry association WDK since November 2020.

According to Michelin, he has been appointed to the management board of an international corporation.